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by Paul Sonnenberg, Mika Heino, Guillermo Corti
IBM PowerVC Version 1.3.1 Introduction and Configuration Including IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager
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Summary of changes
September 2016, Fourth Edition
Chapter 1. IBM PowerVC introduction
1.1 IBM PowerVC overview
1.1.1 IBM PowerVC functions and advantages
1.1.2 IBM PowerVM Novalink overview
1.2 IBM PowerVC Editions
1.2.1 IBM PowerVC Standard Edition
1.2.2 IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager
1.3 IBM PowerVC adoption
Chapter 2. IBM IBM PowerVC versions and releases
2.1 Previous versions overview
2.2 IBM IBM PowerVC enhancements throughout the versions
2.2.1 IBM IBM PowerVC release to OpenStack edition cross-reference
2.2.2 IBM IBM PowerVC first release (R1)
2.2.3 IBM IBM PowerVC Version 1.2.0
2.2.4 IBM IBM PowerVC Version 1.2.1
2.2.5 IBM IBM PowerVC Version 1.2.2
2.2.6 IBM IBM PowerVC Version 1.2.3
2.3 IBM IBM PowerVC Version 1.3.0
2.3.1 Dynamic Resource Optimizer
2.3.2 PowerVM Novalink support
2.3.3 Enhanced fabric management through storage connectivity groups
2.3.4 Managing up to 5000 virtual machines
2.3.5 New supported guest operating systems
2.3.6 Functional enhancements that are introduced in Version 1.3.0 Fix Pack 2
2.4 IBM IBM PowerVC Version 1.3.1
2.4.1 IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager
2.4.2 Self-service portal
2.4.3 Access roles
2.4.4 IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager capabilities
2.4.5 Viewing usage information (metering data)
2.4.6 IBM IBM PowerVC Standard edition
Chapter 3. IBM PowerVC installation planning
3.1 IBM PowerVC requirements
3.1.1 Hardware and software requirements
3.1.2 Hardware and software requirements for IBM PowerVC Standard Edition and IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager
3.1.3 Other hardware compatibility
3.2 IBM PowerVM Novalink requirements
3.2.1 PowerVM Novalink system requirements
3.3 Host and partition management planning
3.3.1 Physical server configuration
3.3.2 HMC or PowerKVM planning
3.3.3 Virtual I/O Server planning
3.4 Placement policies and templates
3.4.1 Host groups
3.4.2 Placement policies
3.4.3 Template types
3.4.4 Information that is required for compute template planning
3.4.5 Information that is required for deploy template planning
3.5 IBM PowerVC storage access SAN planning
3.5.1 vSCSI storage access
3.5.2 NPIV storage access
3.5.3 Shared storage pool: vSCSI
3.5.4 Storage access in IBM PowerVC Standard Edition managing PowerKVM
3.6 Storage management planning
3.6.1 IBM PowerVC terminology
3.6.2 Storage templates
3.6.3 Storage connectivity groups and tags
3.7 Network management planning
3.7.1 Multiple network planning
3.7.2 Shared Ethernet adapter planning
3.8 Planning users and groups
3.8.1 User management
3.8.2 Projects and role management planning
3.9 Security management planning
3.9.1 Ports that are used by IBM Power Virtualization Center
3.9.2 Providing a certificate
3.10 Product information
Chapter 4. IBM PowerVC installation
4.1 Setting up the IBM PowerVC environment
4.1.1 Creating the virtual machine to host IBM PowerVC
4.1.2 Downloading and installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4.1.3 Customizing Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4.2 Installing IBM PowerVC
4.3 Uninstalling IBM PowerVC
4.4 Upgrading IBM PowerVC
4.4.1 Before you begin
4.4.2 Performing in-place upgrade
4.4.3 Upgrading or migrating from earlier versions
4.5 Updating IBM PowerVC
4.6 IBM PowerVC backup and recovery
4.6.1 Backing up IBM PowerVC
4.6.2 Recovering IBM PowerVC data
4.6.3 Status messages during backup and recovery
4.6.4 Consideration about backup and recovery
4.7 IBM PowerVC command-line interface
4.7.1 Exporting audit data
4.8 Virtual machines that are managed by IBM PowerVC
4.8.1 Linux on Power virtual machines
4.8.2 IBM AIX virtual machines
4.8.3 IBM i virtual machines
Chapter 5. IBM PowerVC for managing IBM PowerVM
5.1 IBM PowerVC graphical user interface
5.2 Introduction to the IBM PowerVC setup
5.3 Managing resources outside of IBM PowerVC
5.4 Connecting to IBM PowerVC
5.5 Host setup
5.5.1 Host maintenance mode
5.5.2 Host groups
5.6 Hardware Management Console management
5.6.1 Adding an HMC
5.6.2 Changing the HMC credentials
5.6.3 Changing the HMC
5.6.4 Change management connection, HMC, and PowerVM Novalink
5.7 Storage and SAN fabric setup
5.7.1 Adding a storage controller to IBM PowerVC
5.7.2 Adding a SAN fabric to IBM PowerVC
5.8 Storage port tags setup
5.9 Storage connectivity group setup
5.10 Storage template setup
5.11 Storage volume setup
5.12 Network setup
5.13 Compute template setup
5.14 Environment verification
5.14.1 Verification report validation categories
5.15 Management of virtual machines and images
5.15.1 Virtual machine onboarding
5.15.2 Refreshing the virtual machine view
5.15.3 Starting the virtual machine
5.15.4 Stopping the virtual machine
5.15.5 Capturing a virtual machine image
5.15.6 Deploying a new virtual machine
5.15.7 Resizing the virtual machine
5.15.8 Migration of virtual machines
5.15.9 Host maintenance mode
5.15.10 Restarting virtual machines remotely from a failed host
5.15.11 Attaching a volume to the virtual machine
5.15.12 Detaching a volume from the virtual machine
5.15.13 Resetting the state of a virtual machine
5.15.14 Deleting images
5.15.15 Unmanaging a virtual machine
5.15.16 Deleting a virtual machine
Chapter 6. IBM PowerVC Standard Edition for managing IBM PowerKVM
6.1 Install IBM PowerVC Standard to manage PowerKVM
6.2 Setting up PowerVC Standard managing PowerKVM
6.2.1 Adding the PowerKVM host
6.2.2 Adding storage
6.2.3 Adding a network
6.3 Host group setup
6.4 Importing ISO images
6.4.1 Importing ISO images by using the command-line interface
6.4.2 Importing ISO images by using the GUI
6.4.3 Deploying an RHEL ISO image
6.5 Capturing a virtual machine
6.5.1 Installing cloud-init on the virtual machine
6.5.2 Changing devices to be mounted by name or UUID
6.5.3 Capturing the virtual machine
6.6 Deploying images
6.7 Resizing virtual machines
6.8 Suspending and resuming virtual machines
6.9 Restarting a virtual machine
6.10 Migrating virtual machines
6.11 Restarting virtual machines remotely
6.12 Deleting virtual machines
6.13 Creating and attaching volumes
6.14 Attaching volumes
Chapter 7. IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager
7.1 Logging in as a self-service user
7.2 Self-service portal graphical user interface
7.3 Deploying virtual machines from a template
7.4 Viewing the information that is used for deployment
7.5 Viewing deployment requests
7.6 Administrator actions for user requests
7.6.1 Viewing request details as an administrator
7.6.2 Approving a request as an administrator
7.6.3 Viewing approved new virtual machines
Chapter 8. IBM PowerVC lab environment
8.1 IBM PowerVC lab environment
Appendix A. Useful commands and scripts
Useful openstack commands
Useful IBM PowerVC-config commands
Useful scripts
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2-1 IBM PowerVC releases cross-referenced to OpenStack versions 10
2-2 IBM Cloud PowerVC administrator actions 16
3-1
Hardware and OS requirements 23
3-2
Minimum resource requirements for the IBM PowerVC VM 23
3-3 Supported activation methods for managed hosts 24
3-4
HMC requirements 25
3-5
Supported virtualization platforms 25
3-6 Supported network hardware and software
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3-7
Supported storage hardware for PowerVM 26
3-8 Supported storage hardware for PowerKVM 26
3-9 Supported storage connectivity options 27
3-10
Supported security software 27
3-11 PowerVM Novalink memory requirement for scaling 28
3-12 Processor compatibility modes 37
3-13 Preferred practices for shared Ethernet adapter 60
3-14 IBM PowerVC security roles 66
3-15 Role assignments 68
4-1 RHEL packages that relate to IBM PowerVC 78
4-2 Options for the IBM PowerVC install command 80
4-3 Available options for the IBM PowerVC-uninstall command 82
4-4 Options for the IBM PowerVC-backup command 89
4-5 Options for the IBM PowerVC-restore command 91
4-6 IBM PowerVC available commands 93
4-7 Commands for IBM PowerVC Standard for managing PowerKVM 95
4-8 Options for the IBM PowerVC-audit-export command 96
5-1 Information section fields 143
5-2 Specifications section’s fields 144
5-3 Details section’s fields 147
5-4 Modules and descriptions 154
5-5 Description of the fields in the Information section 162
5-6 Description of the fields in the Specifications section 163
5-7 Host states during the transition 183
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